Has the Far Right Lost It’s Mind?

Would you believe it that there are some law enforcement officials in some states who are going to refuse to enforce any gun laws Obama may use to destroy this nation. They don’t enforce federal laws, they say. Umm…. not enforcing federal laws?

There is nothing wrong with owning a gun. The Pink Flamingo has a shotgun, somewhere. It hasn’t been cleaned since I became royally pissed and fired it (into the ground) at my stalker – about 15 years ago. I spent several hours yesterday, dealing with NM Game and Fish and a professional trapper, about property we are developing, as a family. We are trying to build up a trophy herd of Barbary sheep and mule deer, for big bucks, limited hunting. The property is over-run with bobcats, coyotes, and mountain lion to the point where it is too dangerous to even be up on it unarmed.

FYI, last night a mountain lion was prowling around the parents’ house. My mother could hear it snarling, just outside her sun room. I’ve contacted a friend who is going to come down and hunt it. I’m meeting with Game and Fish to get the hunting settled for the canyon property. I’m working with someone now, who is dealing with hunters. Heck, we’re even going to put a gun range on the property.

Would you please tell The Pink Flamingo what the heck is wrong with this? If this had been in play a few months ago, maybe more innocent children would still be alive.

Breitbart Stupidity

But, the idiots at Breitbart, and their brainwashed readers seem to think there is something wrong with this, that there is something wrong with training mental health workers for schools, etc. The problem here is that the far right is occupied with people who have lost their minds.

Info Wars

What you need to know about Texas Congressman Steve Stockman, is, that until recently, he was considered to extreme to even be in the House. Now, though, the Koch owned House is so extreme he is “normal”.

“...It’s hard to forget the crazy that was the late Helen Chenoweth, who was, with help from The X-Files, responsible for mainstreaming the black helicopter paranoia of the militia movement. Steve Stockman was not as flamboyant, but just as nuts. This Texas Monthly story (free registration required) contains many of the lowlights of Stockman’s short congressional career. Stockman was the author of a manifesto published in Guns and Ammo declaring Bill Clinton and Janet Reno murderers and that the Waco siege was staged to push an assault weapons ban. (This kind of conspiracy theory is echoed in the current right-wing claim that the BP oil spill was staged by environmentalists.) He claimed a secret operation at Fort Bliss spied on the militia movement. He got into a public tussle with the mother of a murder victim when he wanted to use his name for an anti-gun control bill. He called for a government investigation of the Kinsey Report, 47 years after its publication. The Texas Monthly estimated he generated an ethics investigation once every two months. When asked about his interest in ceramics, he replied “don’t say that or they’ll think I’m a fag for sure.” Thankfully, Stockman was sent home after a single term….”

News Corpse

Unfortunately, THIS is the real problem with the extreme version of things:

“...With support like that from the people, it is plain that Fox is directing their rhetoric at the fringes – the malcontents and miscreants who are most likely to wreak havoc. Exacerbating this problem is the fact that the fringes are no longer relegated to their traditional place at the outer rungs of society. Today they are on television and in congress. We have numerous public “servants” talking about secession, insurrection, nullification, and impeachment. And the presence of Fox News, a cable news network that rewards such talk, and participates in it, is only asking for trouble…”

It’s not even about guns, but the bad behavior of the media, punditry, and far right organizations who are using the entire issue to make a huge profit. There’s nothing wrong with that. There’s nothing wrong with liberals being liberal and conservatives being conservative. The problem comes when both camps, liberal and conservative, are hijacked by the extremes of the far left and far right.

Currently the loons of the far right are noisier than the loons of the far left. During the years of GWB, the far left was deplorable. I didn’t think it could be any worse. Boy was I wrong. The loons of the far right excel in loony activities.

You need to know when to back off, for the good of everyone around you. This is where we are now. I don’t care if people want to make fools of themselves on either side of the gun debate. What worries me is the fact that, right now, we’re dealing with a growing group of militia, white supremacists, ‘patriots’, anti-tax, anti-government individuals who are far too well armed. THESE are the people I want unarmed! They are potentially just as dangerous as the hopped up teenager on a street corner, trolling for money. Both groups should be disarmed, and leave the rest of the population to muddle though, with reasonable laws and resources.

The Pink Flamingo truly fears these individuals. In the past two months, I’ve had two death threats, speaking out against them. They are very unbalanced, very angry, hate-filled people who are just waiting to stop killing.

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Unfortunately, both parties lie. After all, politicians are not known for their honesty. I have come to the conclusion that the far right really does not want to win a presidential election. They don’t have enough responsibility to run the country. They want enough people in congress to cause trouble so that nothing can get done. I think they would really like to see the country go over the financial cliff. They put up their nutty candidates to primary people in their own party and most of the time they lose to the liberals. They want candidates who are accountable to the Tea Party and to hell with their constituents. Some of these liberals are loons too, but they have sense enough to keep their mouths shut until the election is over. The far right candidate has got to blabber to everybody that he believes the world is flat and the liberal ends up winning the election………Be on guard with the death threats. I always take them seriously. Both my mother and I had some attempts on our lives in the 1960s when we were living in Biloxi. Catholics were targets back then. I happen to know what it is like to be terrorized by these nuts. A cross was burned on our front lawn just after my father died. Someone tried to run me off the road one night when I was returning from a night class and someone took a shot at mother through the window.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

SJ Reidhead (aka The Pink Flamingo) is a writer based in New Mexico. The author of two published novels, both westerns: Dust Devil and The Second Mrs. Earp and two published works of non-fictions: TRAVESTY: Frank Waters Earp Agenda Exposed and A Church for Helldorado, Endicott Peabody's 1882 Tombstone Diary. One of the leading authorities on the life of Wyatt Earp and Tombstone during the Earp years, she is writing a series of murder mysteries set in modern day Tombstone. The author is also working on a book about fashion in the Wild West. When complete, there will be over 2100 unpublished antique photographs dating from 1855-1910.

The author's work has appeared in Wild West, True West, Blogcritics, and The Tombstone Times. Recently the author has had to deal with a father who succumbed to Alzheimer's Disease. This is leading to a book dealing with the frustrations of dealing with the frustrations of the disease, finance, legal, health-care, and things no one bothers telling families about it. A portion of the book will contain entries from a blog she kept, detailing the struggle with her father's AD. She is also working on a murder mystery series set in modern day Tombstone and Cochise County. Several books of essays on Christian living are currently in edits. A book of essays and revisions of articles about Wyatt Earp has been completed and will include her latest work detailing her theory about the murder of his second wife, Mattie.

SJ Reidhead has been involved in Republican politics since she was 'a little kid'. During the Reagan years she was a lobbyist working with various non-profit organizations who were attempting to salvage NASA and the American space program after the disastrous Carter years. In spite of ups and downs, and numerous disappointments, politically, it is obvious the only political hope for this country is via the Republican Party. Along with politics she is an opera fanatic, has been known to stalk baritones to the point of being a baritone junkie, and loves baseball.

The Pink Flamingo went on line on October 4, 2005.

THE PINK FLAMINGO STORY

It started out as a joke. During the seven years I worked with the girls of my parish, leading a youth group, one of the things that I stressed were manners. Part of having manners, the way I see it, is to know how to set a proper table, host a party, cater it, and clean up afterward. I was fortunate enough to have a group of very talented girls in my youth group. They learned how to plan for, and execute large church functions, very properly. During one such function I noticed there were several incredibly tacky pink flamingos sitting on the table. Knowing the girls were up to something, I said nothing. A few months later they did the same thing at a function I was hosting at my home. I said nothing. They had a birthday party for me. More pink flamingos appeared - and a joke was born.

Thanks to the girls, all of whom are now grown, I have a collection of pink flamingos. It has become an ongoing joke. When I began working on my political blog, I realized the only possibly title was The Pink Flamingo!